Janet Jackson will make her fourth appearance at the 2024 Essence Festival of Culture this summer in New Orleans

Police in New Orleans say they've arrested one of two women seen on a social media video firing guns from a moving vehicle on Interstate 10

The Democratic challenger to U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise in a Louisiana congressional race has released a campaign ad on social media that includes video of her giving birth

A divided Louisiana Supreme Court says a north Louisiana mayor can run for reelection, despite providing incorrect information about his voting address in his qualifying papers

Distinguished news editor and educator Jerry Ceppos has died

Since the 2020 election, election officials and workers have faced an onslaught of harassment and threats stemming from false claims that the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump

The 2022 Essence Festival of Culture has clarified its admission policy, saying its coronavirus safety measures remain in place after an announcement via social media saying a negative COVID test result would be allowed for admission to its ticketed concerts and other events was sent in error

A federal judge has ruled that a federal agent was illegally arrested in 2019 after criticizing a Louisiana sheriff’s office’s investigation of a still-unsolved shooting death

A man who says he never was paid for his part in a $300,000 lost baggage scam has been ordered to pay nearly $13,500 in restitution